新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

hunt

英  [hʌnt]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • hunts

    1[C 可数名词] 搜寻

    A hunt for something or someone is when you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.

    近义词

    search

    双语例句

    例:

    The couple had helped in the hunt for the toddlers.

    这对夫妇曾帮着寻找那些蹒跚学步的孩子。

    2[C 可数名词] 追捕(罪犯、敌人)

    A hunt for a criminal or an enemy is a search for them in order to catch or harm them.

    双语例句

    例:

    Despite a nationwide hunt for the kidnap gang, not a trace of them was found.

    尽管已对这帮绑架团伙实行了全国范围的大搜捕,但丝毫没有发现他们的蛛丝马迹。

    3[C 可数名词] 打猎

    A hunt is when people or animals chase and sometimes kill wild animals for food or as a sport.

    双语例句

    例:

    He set off for a nineteen-day moose hunt in Nova Scotia.

    他开始了在新斯科舍为期19天的猎驼鹿行程。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • hunt down

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 追捕到(罪犯或敌人)

    If you hunt down a criminal or an enemy, you find them after searching for them.

    双语例句

    例:

    Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters.

    去年12月他们追捕到其中一名歹徒并将其击毙。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • in the hunt

    1(参赛队或竞争者)有机会获得

    If a team or competitor is in the hunt for something, they still have a chance of winning it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Six teams were still in the hunt for the team title.

    六支队伍仍然有机会获得团体冠军。

    VERB. 动词
  • hunts , hunting , hunted

    1[I 不及物动词] 搜寻

    If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.

    近义词

    search

    双语例句

    例:

    A forensic team was hunting for clues.

    法医小组正在搜寻线索。

    2[T 及物动词] 追捕(罪犯、敌人等)

    If you hunt a criminal or an enemy, you search for them in order to catch or harm them.

    双语例句

    例:

    Detectives have been hunting him for seven months.

    七个月来警探们一直在追捕他。

    3[I 不及物动词] 猎杀(野生动物) , 打猎

    When people or animals hunt, or hunt something, they chase and sometimes kill wild animals for food or as a sport.

    双语例句

    例:

    As a child I learned to hunt and fish.

    我孩提时代就学会了打猎和捕鱼。

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